[.ca] Alien IQ Test (ISBN 0486420078)

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Imagine how aliens might test your intelligence. Certainly not with the same tests you took in school. They might give you something like this book--if they were extremely cool aliens. Clifford Pickover uses the storyline of an alien intelligence test to deliver one of the most refreshing puzzle books in years. You'll be tested on logic and general knowledge in most unexpected ways. Alongside the games are thought-provoking quotes pertaining to alien contact, the nature of reality, and our own knowledge of the universe. The result is a game book that's a little eerie, very witty, and utterly addictive.

Twists your brain and takes you to a higher plane:
This book is a marvelous collection of puzzles and artwork meant to take the reader to a higher plane of existence and thinking. The puzzles are varied and test everything from your moral and ethical choices to higher mathematics. I have never seen a puzzle book quite like this, and I love to dip into it over and over again. Good for children and adults. A great onversation piece to bring to parties. Here is the book's table of contents: Preface Chapter 1. Who This Book is For Chapter 2. Symbols and Difficulty Levels Chapter 3. Alien Tiles Chapter 4. Alien Sperm Chapter 5. Alien Ellipses Chapter 6. Alien Repeats Chapter 7. Alien Matrix Chapter 8. Internal Organs Chapter 9. Alien Dissection Chapter 10. Alien Addition Chapter 11. Hyperdimensional Sz'kwa Chapter 12. Alien Spiral Chapter 13. Survival on Arcturus Chapter 14. Alien Medallion with Lights Chapter 15. The Omega Prism Chapter 16. Alien Worm Chapter 17. Alien Homoptera Chapter 18. Star Chart Chapter 19. Alien Spores 1 Chapter 20. Alien Spores 2 Chapter 21. Alien Spores 3 Chapter 22. Alien Spores 4 Chapter 23. Alien Spores 5 Chapter 24. Rubik's Tesseract Chapter 25. Animal Eye Chapter 26. Cosmic Rosetta Stone Chapter 27. Alien Ants in Hyperspace Chapter 28. A Severed Human Finger Chapter 29. The Antikythera Mechanism Chapter 30. Alien Scrambling Chapter 31. Alien Aesthetics Chapter 32. Alien Knowledge and Talent Chapter 33. The Sagittarius Maneuver Chapter 34. Siriusian Geometry Chapter 35. Human Brains in a Jar Chapter 36. Human Belief Structure Chapter 37. Contact from the Pleiades Chapter 38. The Elk Hunter's Abduction Chapter 39. Loss of Scientific Knowledge Chapter 40. Aliens and Sprinklers Chapter 41. Unanswered Questions Chapter 42. Moral and Emotional Choices of Humans Chapter 43. Coded Transmission

Not worth the time:
I am a big fan of this author, but this book falls VERY short. He comes up with obscure patterns that you must try to solve. Here is an example of his work (that I'm making up): What is the next number? 2, 4, 6, 8, ? The answer is 2. Why? It's because I'm only doing even number less than 10. This is typical of his "puzzles". There is no logic to them, simply guessing. I suggest reading his other books or finding a different brain-teasing book.

Not worth the time:
I am a big fan of this author, but this book falls VERY short. He comes up with obscure patterns that you must try to solve. Here is an example of his work (that I'm making up): What is the next number? 2, 4, 6, 8, ? The answer is 2. Why? It's because I'm only doing even number less than 10. This is typical of his "puzzles". There is no logic to them, simply guessing. I suggest reading his other books or finding a different brain-teasing book.